St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-11
Victims of Coal Gas--A Prominent
Capitalist Dying at Chippewa
Falls,
Special to the Globe.

BISMARCK, OAK, Jan. 10.-The Sheri-
dan house, headquarters of the legislators,
presented q scene of wild confusion all day.
Combinations have been put up and knocked
to pieces until the prospect of a quiet or
ganization Of the legislature tomorrow is
very slim. A W. Howard, of YanktOn,
secretary of the council last session. said
TO-DAY that he had been mixed up in poll
ties sixteen years and he had never before
saw such a chaotic state Of things twenty
four hours before the converting of the
legislature. States have been made and
broken and wholesale trading between the
different factions has been marked to-day.
The farmer element is cutting a big figure,
and it was settled last night that j. IL.
Fletcher. of Aberdeen. would be made
speaker of the house. but the farmer repre-
SentaIiveS held q caucus this morning in
which Fletcher was asked to declare him
self in favor of division. II wouldn't do it
if you would give me the governOrShip Of
the territory" he replied, and this,
thrown into the ears of South Da
kOta stalwartS, where his balance of
power lay, was stab at his own heart, and
he was lost sight Of in the scrabble for q
new candidate, who was in favor OF split
ting the territory in half on the 10th
parallel. They found a willing candidate
in John Hobert, of Brookings county, a
purely South Dakota man. This, of course,
was
NOT A PLEASING TURN
in affairs to North Dakota people, who i'm
mediatelY began to work up interest in e.
a. Williams. who had about conc uded to
lie down in favor Of Fletcher, Genital Da-
kota's candidate. The fight now is between
Williams and Hobart with the chances in
favor Of the former, but it seems probable
that the men will go into convention with
the intention OF placing at least
two nominations in the field for
the speakership. The greatest surprise
of the day was the laying down of P. j.
Nc lumber. candidate for president of the
council. when the split on Fletcher was an
nOunced. 1t was announced early III the
day that he had withdrawn in favor of e.
A. Mathews. OF Bro0kingS. q strong divs-
i0nist. 1t is evidently understood that this
was done with the understanding that Bob
Wallace. of jamestown, would be made
secretary of the council, and South Dakota
would stand by Williams, of Ri bismarck,
as candidate for speaker of the lower house.
This is the scheme outlined tonight. and
if carried out will place the council under
the will of a South Dakota man, while the
SpeakerShip Of the lower house will be held
by North Dakota citizen and Bismarck
ian. 1ankton is keeping very quiet. She
hardly dareS to make move, for Mitchell
is anxious to get the United States courts
from her. If YanktOn asks for anything
she is afraid she will be
OBLIGED TO TRADE
her courts TO get it. {. A. Hamilton, of
Grand Forks, is candidate for clerk of the
lower house. and he may get it, though the
fact that he was elected district attorney
last fall will tell against him. The way
things are shaped at present writ
ing it is impossible to pick out
a sure winner. Gov. Church
arrived to-day in the special car Wanduska,
from Huron. He was accompanied by
Gen. Harris. register of deeds at Aberdeen;
Editor Smith. of the Huron Times; E.
Lodewick, clerk Of courts in Brown county,
and c. Boyd Barrett. editor of the Aber-
deem Republican. These gentlemen claim
they came up with the governor as a sort of
body guard to see him inaugurated. 1t
is rumored that C. Boyd Barrett
is a candidate for railroad commissioner.
and it is generally considered that his
chances are good for getting appointed. On
his arrival Gov Church was assigned to a
room in the Sheridan house. where, after
hearty dinner. lie shook hands with large
number of legislators, who paid their re-
spects TO him. In the afternoon he was
driven to the capitol. where he held a brie
consultation with Gov. Pierce. Gov. Church
refuses to be interviewed, but dropped
his reserve long enough to say
that he would not be governed by any
clique. ring or faction, and proposed to give
the Dakota people as good, square govern
ment as they could ask for. He has not
yet received his commission. but expects it
will arrive Wednesday or Thursday. when
he will be formally inaugurated. In the
mean time Gov. Pierce holds the guberna-
torial chair. Gov. Church'S family will re-
main in Huron during the winter.